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How John Piper Became a Pastor

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 : By Dan Miller

Read how John Piper moved from professor to pastor.

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Judgment Day Follow-Up

Sunday, July 12th, 2009 : By Eric Farr

In a previous post, I dealt with a question about the final judgment. One aspect of the question had to do with why there is a judgment if it is a simple matter of unbelievers being condemned and believers being pardoned and entering paradise with the Lord.

In that post, I covered some background on the final judgment. Now I would like to expand on the question of why believers stand in judgment if Christ has already been judged in our place. This is something that was cloudy for me before I examined it more closely and now brings a lot of things together. Much of this comes from the message What Happens When You Die? All Appear Before

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Free Books by John Piper (including the new Finally Alive)

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 : By Dan Miller

Desiring God is offering its many books by John Piper online for free, including one of the newest Finally Alive.

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John Piper: What Is The Gospel?

Friday, September 19th, 2008 : By Hugh Williams

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The Dark Knight is a Disappointing, Idolatrous, Deceptive Waste of Your Life

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 : By Hugh Williams

How’s that for a headline? (Update: Be sure to read on to the next post.)

Krista and I went to see The Dark Knight on Saturday. It was an impressive film; we really enjoyed it on a number of levels—the production values were exceptional, Heath Ledger’s performance was amazing, and the characterizations and plot offered plenty of food for thought. (BTW, is Batman really Bruce Wayne, or is Bruce Wayne really Batman?)

But to tell you the truth, by Sunday morning I had pretty much moved on.

Then, this morning, I read this commentary by Ray Ortlund:

Visually stimulating. Technologically impressive.

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Audio Books for Under $10 (the Bible too!)

Friday, June 13th, 2008 : By Hugh Williams

ChristianAudio.com is having a $9.49 sale on lots of downloadable books from June 13-22.

One notable inclusion in that list is the The Listener’s Bible NIV, narrated by Max McLean. If you don’t have a Bible you can listen to, here’s a great chance to pick one up at almost 90% off. This is no cheesy production — I have McLean’s ESV reading and it’s fantastic. I highly recommend McLean’s work.

Some others:

 

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Belong: When God’s Passion and Your Purpose Collide, Part 1

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008 : By Dan Miller

In this two week series we will give a revealing look at our role in God’s Kingdom.  Wow, just think about the contrast in those two ideas:  “our role” and “God’s Kingdom.”  How do you boil down a subject this huge into a container so limited?  Well, over the next two weeks we will show you how we as a Church fit into the framework of God’s Kingdom.  Then, during week 2, we will see how you as a person are made to extend the Kingdom of God in the sphere of influence in which you live.  It is our hope and prayer that after these two messages you will better understand the purpose of Grace Fellowship as well as …

 
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